header images for link titles

Hi,
I’m using header images to display some text (bad form, I know, but it looks better), so I’d like to display the default link title “Blogroll” as an image as well. I tried to use an img tag, but the < are converted so it won’t work. Is there a workaround for this without me having to hack some file? I’d rather use the link administration that write that part manually.
regards,

Grendel